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Notable new stuff from folks whose stuff pops up over on the left sidebar BlogCrawl...
City Duo - A great local blog written by a tag-team that works tirelessly to keep us informed about what's going on with development projects in throughout Lotusland. It's the kind of stuff that people like Stephen Quinn used to do back when he was a real reporter. Thus it is a great example of how citizen journalism, when done well, can fill the gaping holes in local reporting that have been dug during the hollowing out of proMedia shops everywhere. This week the Duo fills us in on the 'backlash' potential for development plans in Langara (very low), Granville St. downtown (moderate potential) and the East Fraser Lands/River District (very low).
In-Sights - On the provincial scene, no one digs into the data, financial and otherwise, like Norm Farrell. As you might expect, this weeks he's all over the Site C issue. Norm is fearless about this stuff and will call out everyone who the data are telling him are contributing to a problem that is going to cost us all in the end and that includes both the current government and Hydro. He also provides context with a capsule history of the life of the project.
Notable new stuff from folks whose stuff pops up over on the left sidebar BlogCrawl...
City Duo - A great local blog written by a tag-team that works tirelessly to keep us informed about what's going on with development projects in throughout Lotusland. It's the kind of stuff that people like Stephen Quinn used to do back when he was a real reporter. Thus it is a great example of how citizen journalism, when done well, can fill the gaping holes in local reporting that have been dug during the hollowing out of proMedia shops everywhere. This week the Duo fills us in on the 'backlash' potential for development plans in Langara (very low), Granville St. downtown (moderate potential) and the East Fraser Lands/River District (very low).
In-Sights - On the provincial scene, no one digs into the data, financial and otherwise, like Norm Farrell. As you might expect, this weeks he's all over the Site C issue. Norm is fearless about this stuff and will call out everyone who the data are telling him are contributing to a problem that is going to cost us all in the end and that includes both the current government and Hydro. He also provides context with a capsule history of the life of the project.
Driftglass - This is a guy who literally lives in a cornfield in FlyoverVille USA who, along with his partner, has a great weekly progressive podcast that mixes the personal with the political. Drifty was once a prolific commenter at the late, great Steve Gilliard's blog before the proprietor kicked him out of the nest and told him to go out and set up his own shop which he did more than fifteen years ago. Recently, Mr. Glass was thrown into Twitter jail, (apparently) permanently, for rolling truth tires in front of stupid trains which actually turns out to be a good thing for those who appreciate long form takes on how the modern Republican party is now and always has been full of Republicans. This week, Driftglass takes aim at that 'other' NeverTrump grift that is bamboozling 'Can't we all just get along?' USian liberals, The Bulwark.
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If you are looking for all the actual changes to the COVID-19 proncine-wide restrictions in B.C. announced by B. Henry yesterday, they are....here.
Thanks very much to an Anon-O-Mouse in the comment thread to yesterday's post on Seattle's handling of the pandemic...They pointed out that Kingston, Ontario has also done a great job, in large part, it would appear because the citizenry has consistently and collectively followed the public health rules and restrictions (paywalled TorStar story is here; less informative Global story is here).
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